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      Fascists.

      Edit: Whenever the question is “Who could possibly be helped by this?” the answer is “Fascists.”

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          Fascists need an “other” to demonize. They delight in the cruelty towards the “other”. The executive order gives them a sense of accomplishment, further strengthening the group bonds as they enjoy the suffering of the “other” together.

          It really is as simple as “the cruelty is the point”. It helps them because they desire to inflict cruelty, and this gives them a method for doing so.

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          Because it is a clear demonstration of “We can do whatever the fuck we want, and you can’t stop us,” as well as a warning: “Don’t piss us off, or we’re going to do it to you next.”

          !Resist@fedia.io

          Edit: Also a message to other fascists: “You can do whatever you want, and they can’t stop you.”

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          It gives justification for discrimination. To make people who disagree or are affected less than human and thus atrocities against them do not count as atrocities.

          No different than colonization or slavery. “We know better and will show them the error of their ways/put them in their place by force and systematic discrimination”.

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          Denying science and memory holing it is actually massively beneficial for them.

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        No, not at all, but typically politicians frame it that way. They gave up on that, I guess. Now it’s just who can I hurt.

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          There’s loads of historical examples of policies in acted to hurt people

          …because those people are “inferior” people

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      I have a joke about this:

      Someone once asked a Republican what he thought about a shooting in a Queer bar, he responded “thats horrible, I hear a Muslim did it. Those dirty savages will never integrate with western values”.

      So the person responded “oh so do you care about queer people now?”, he responded “of course not, they harm womens rights”.

      So the person responded “oh so do you support womens rights now?”, he responded “of course not, I think the rights of children should take precedence”.

      So he responded “oh so do you care about the children now?”, he responded “of course not, they’re leaches on society. I only support hardworking Americans”.

      So he responded “Oh so do you support workers rights now?”, he responded “of course not, workers today are lazy, I support only the good religious Jewish and Christian workers”

      So he responded “Oh so do you support Jewish people now?”, he responded “Of course not, I hear they’re extremely Islamaphobic”

      So he responded “Oh so do you support Muslim people now?”, he responded “of course not, I hear one of them shot up a queer bar”